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What are the requirements for a 100% speedrun?
Specific requirements for a 100% speedrun are different depending on the game. Some games, such as Super Metroid, have a percentage counter and therefore have an easy definition for 100%. Others do not, and instead the game’s community decides what the definition for 100% should be.
What is SpeedRunsLive and how does it work?
In 2009, SpeedRunsLive was created by Narcissa ‘Cosmo’ Wright and Daniel ‘Jiano’ Hart as a way for speedrunners to showcase speedrunning races in real time with a set goal consisting of various possible categories. Each game has a dedicated leaderboard that shows who is the top speedrunner for the game.
What are the different types of speedruns?
Speedruns are split into various categories, based on levels of completion and/or what glitches, if any at all, are used. The most common categories are as follows: Any%, or fastest completion, refers to completing the game as quickly as possible, and often involves sequence breaking.
Why do speedrun players record their attempts?
Players performing speedruns, called speedrunners, often record their attempts. These recordings are used to entertain others, to verify the completion time, to certify that all rules were followed, and to spot ways to further improve the completion time.
What is speedrunning in Minecraft?
Speedrunning is the art of finishing a game as quickly as you can. With Minecraft, the game finishes when you defeat the Ender Dragon by going to the End Portal. A lot of gamers have mastered…
What are some of the earliest speedrun games?
The earliest widely distributed speedruns were restricted to games that included an in-game timer, such as Dragster, Activision Grand Prix, Excitebike, Metroid II: Return of Samus, and Super Mario Kart.
What is the difference between 100% and Glitchless speedruns?
As with 100% runs, low% speedruns have requirements that vary between games. For example, in New Super Mario Bros. Wii, this means no power-ups or Yoshi. Glitchless, typically a subcategory of one of the above categories. Glitchless runs, as the name implies, are absent of glitches, but may still allow exploits that don’t break the game.